Re: [linux-audio-dev] News about sequencers (not my own though!)

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] News about sequencers (not my own though!)
From: David Olofson (audiality_AT_swipnet.se)
Date: su tammi  16 2000 - 22:38:53 EST


On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, David Slomin wrote:
> Agreed, it is taking the GIMP folks a ridiculous amount of time to
> add something which sounds very simple (like 16-bit channels) after
> the fact. Not to complain though... they've done an amazing job;
> I definitely prefer GIMP over Photoshop when given the choice, and
> not just for idealistic reasons.
>
> So if it's so hard to change a basic design paradigm after the fact,
> doesn't that mean that you REALLY shouldn't start by making a clone
> if you know there are serious problems with the original?

Good point.

However, "cloning" an application doesn't mean copying it's internal
design. Basing software *engine* design paradigms on the user
interface appearance was possibly acceptable for perfarmance
reasons when hacking a music editor for the C64. It and might still
be, when coding a graphics engine for a game, but other than that,
it's just wrong.

BTW, the Windoze API encourages building monolithic applications. So
does Borland's VCL (Delphi, C++ Builder), perhaps to an even greater
extent, but at least, it *can* be used as a nice GUI development
tool. (IMHO, "RAD" in Delphi should be "RUID" - Rapid User Interface
Design - using the rest of the "cool" stuff can be dangerous...)

//David

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